The Model Experience: THE KIDS OF THE FUTURE
“Wait a minute, Doc. Ah… Are you telling me that you built a time machine… out of a DeLorean?” “The way I see it,…
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Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983, The Broad, Los Angeles
When Jay-Z & Beyonce rented out the Louvre Museum in Paris to shoot a music video for their joint album Everything Is Love, initially many…
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Desert X: Planet 98-2
Pop-up art exhibits and galleries can be a hit a or miss these days because of the over-saturation of art installations that cater more…
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Nipsey Hussle Tribute: The Prolific Ermias Asghedom
In 2014, the musician Jay-Z announced he would be bringing his Made in America festival to Los Angeles. The lineup for the festival had…
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Movie Review – Alita: Battle Angel
It’s not very often we get to see a gifted martial artist female cyborg completely destroy evildoers and fight to restore social order and…
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Streetwear L.A.: Original Hypebeast
Los Angeles 2004: It’s late fall and the temperature is about 50 degrees outside because a storm had just passed. Living in Los…
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Review | Luke Cage Season 2
Story by Enrique Bautista and Laura Aasland In a world inundated with a seemingly endless pantheon of heroes, none seems more relevant to the…
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L.A. Fashion Week: Finessing the Runway
Photographs by Susan Mooradian Every year we hear about fashion week in New York, Paris, and Milan, the prime locations for the fashion industry…
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Fashion, the Met Gala & Minority Inclusion: “We are the rock stars and it’s been like that for a minute …..”
“Rap is the new rock and roll. We are the rock stars. It’s been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane. It’s been like…
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Book Review | Offsides & Out of Bounds, Thoughts on Athletes and Activism: We Matter by Etan Thomas
“Shut up and dribble,” was the response of television and radio talk show host Laura Ingraham to Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James for “talking politics” during a recent interview. The Fox News host clearly thinks it is out of bounds for a professional athlete to express his or her opinion regarding matters of social justice.”
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Wakanda Forever
#WAKANADAFOREVER is the hashtag the audience left the movie theaters with after seeing the new Marvel Studios blockbuster film Black Panther. Directed by Ryan…
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